(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Hebrew media sources reported that massive fires broke out on Sunday in farmlands of Israeli settlements adjacent to the Gaza Strip.
At least 12 fires raged in the south of occupied territory on Sunday as a result of incendiary kites launched from Gaza, according to KKL-JNF. Six of the fires were sparked in the Beeri Forest, five in the Kisufim Forest and one next to the Simhoni Forest, some 400 meters away from Kfar Aza, as a result of an incendiary balloon.
In total, there have been over 450 fires on land managed by KKL-JNF, with over 7,500 dunam of land affected. Most of the damage done lately has been from incendiary balloons rather than from kites, according to KKLJNF Western Negev regional director Daniel Ben-David.
Since the start of the Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip, dozens of kites made by Palestinian youths with flaming rags attached to their tails have been launched toward settler farmlands near the border fence causing heavy losses.
Gaza kite attacks came in response to Israeli aggressions against the peaceful protesters taking part in the Great March of Return.
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In total, there have been over 450 fires on land managed by KKL-JNF, with over 7,500 dunam of land affected. Most of the damage done lately has been from incendiary balloons rather than from kites, according to KKLJNF Western Negev regional director Daniel Ben-David.
